Microsoft seems to have banned pantsu display from the Xbox 360, with the above before and after screenshots demonstrating the changes they forced on the developers of “Gal Gun.” The developers for their part angrily claimed this was part of an effort to make the system more “family friendly.”

With “shooting” games and quasi-eroge the only original Japanese titles developed on the Xbox 360, the decision only seems likely to slowly kill off what is left of the Xbox 360’s meagre Japanese userbase.

It seems unlikely the Japanese will suddenly all move into houses large enough to contain Kinect whilst abandoning their heinous love of pantsu in favour of wholesome American games based on bloodlust and killing – although Microsoft’s Japanese marketing team appears to be something of a lost cause, so perhaps this level of acumen is to be expected.

Microsoft needs to loosen up and appeal to OTAKU audiences if they expect to have their game console in demand. I’m losing interest in xbox 360 and leaning more towards pc gaming. At least pc gaming has stuff like this although, I would like a little more interactive experience that gaming consoles offer.

Remember those days when games could be awesome, without pervertedness, i do, and i miss those days. want pantys go look this thing called porn on the net, but im just tired off seeing anime and games quality destroyed just some pervs can fap off, i say censor the holy hell out of it, restrictons, and regulate this crap more, and maybe anime and games may go back to the good ol days.

Umm… why? I thought the Xbox was all about driving the censors crazy. You know, the whole “Xbox isn’t a kid’s toy” speech. Abnormal breast jiggle and panty shots as far as the eye can see should be just perfect for them.

its biggest microsoft like morons at 4kids in what they did to one piece dub before funanimation took it over is that cartoons are for kids and cant seem to grasp that anime can actualyl be for adults.

so gore blood and guts, dismemberment, and such is perfectly ok. but a little pantsu and someone has a tissy fit. WTF. i give. this is one of the MAJOR reasons i dont have an xbox or never will own one. bleh.

Oh, so sawing a fake person in half with a chainsaw on my gun and watching his innards spatter all over the screen is totally more family friendly than watching some fake schoolgirl bend over and show us some panty.

All the consoles are more puritan now. The Saturn was the last one that wasn’t afraid of a little ecchi, though the Dreamcast had some notable fanservice. Just look at X-Blades – you couldn’t put this on PS3. Wii? Don’t make me laugh. Strangely enough, the DS would be the best bet.

I have Saturn games that actually have bare nipples in the context of fanservice, and look at the apocalyptic chaos it brought about… oh right, it didn’t. Who even complained about it? This extreme censorship is bullshit. It’s a sacrifice to solve a problem that never existed.

Corporate decisions come from political processes, which are very warped and different from ‘reasonable’.

* “I’m in charge, and I’ll make this change to show everyone that *I* have the powah.”

* “I owe Kasukabe a favor, so I’ll support his opinion on this.”

* “I hate the Blue Division. I want them to fail, so that my division, the Red Division, will look good. I’ll have my uncle whisper a fail-producing-idea into high-ranking-Yamada’s ear.”

* “I want Smith’s job. Fortunately, he’s a moron and a tool. I’ll have a chat with him and plant this idea in his mind, letting him think that it’s his own idea. When he fails, I can move up the corporate ladder.”

That’s because it came out at about the same time as Umineko’s alchemist adaptation, so alchemist decided to draw uminekoish portraits for that game to get us all excited and made this trailer that way.

questions:
– what was the expected CERO rating for the game? if it was ‘B’ then I understand why MS was upset, if it was ‘C’ or ‘D’ then MS have just censored a game. If MS did censor the game, then MS USA office can be contacted for comment, and whoever contact them must make it clear that MS did indeed “censor” a game.

– now that MS have made it clear that they wish to be “family friendly” does that mean that Japanese developers will be wary of future Xbox exclusives?

It will never cease to amaze me how showing a fatal headshot is okay but showing an everyday piece of clothing is banned. Even if you look deeper into it, violence breaks up families every day yet sex is what creates families in the first place. Family friendly indeed.

This is so ridiculous it makes no fucking sense. The games aren’t bundled together with the system, which means that one has to actively go out and buy the game. If a family wants the console to remain family friendly, all they will have to do is just not buy that game. Basically it’s just another company making the decisions for its consumers.

On another note, what the hell will removing pantsu shots really change anyway? The whole premise and content of the game still remains completely intact.

ALL HAIL OTAKUA!…i failed…..besides that im sure FPS are not family friendly……the most closely related family friendly game console is like the n64 aint it? no not the wii…u can play black ops on the wii apparently